There has been an ongoing mystery this summer about what kind of monster had been attacking the good stuff in the garden. Swiss chard. Brussel Sprouts. Tomatoes. It was a massacre. I built a “fence” around the beds– but it kept on happening. Apparently the beast was not fond of weeds as there were still plenty of those to go around. Quite the quagmire. Then there was the day that I came out onto the front porch and saw a blur… a really BIG sounding blur run under the front porch. Yeesh. I went out to meet the school bus yesterday and here is what I found:
(This is just a bad phonecam photo…not taken by satellites)
LOOK AT THE GIRTH OF THAT MUNCHER!!!
Sure it might look sort of cute with it’s squinchy little face, but that is NOT a guinea pig. And it looks like I am not going to get one single brussel sprout or tomato out of my garden. Crime, really.
How do I make my garden HOG PROOF next year?
I dyed a bunch of wool and am in the process of spinning it up.
More will eventually follow.
Tags: gardening, ground hog
Guess he didn’t like the log cabin so good!
The short answer for a HOG PROOF garden = chainsaw flamethrower.